PROFESOR: Neyda Díaz
PARTICIPANTE: Gabriela
Muñoz
Trabajo#4
Read the following questions carefully. Then answer the questions. (In
Spanish)
1. Robots - The Future
They have
been around for years. They come in all shapes and sizes. When they were first
invented nobody knew their importance. But, how soon will it be before they are
so intelligent that they take over jobs which only human beings can do, such
as, treating patients or constructing houses? You may wonder what I am talking
about…..well, I am talking about robots.
If
we examine the possible advantages that robots could offer us in the future, we
see that there are numerous. Just imagine if there was a robot that could carry
out all of the housework, drive you about, prepare your food and build houses.
How would your life be? I bet millions of people would say, "Just
perfect". Having a robot to do all these things would undoubtedly save a
lot of time and money.
However,
there are, of course, some disadvantages. I can envisage that in the future,
possessing a robot will be very expensive, and perhaps only those elitists will be able to afford them.
Something that might worry me a little, would be, 'what if the robot began to
malfunction and started to destroy things?' I am sure that in the future, just
as there may be robots that are good and helpful, there are also going to be
those that are bad and made to kill. This is something extremely important to
bear in mind.
I
think I can conclude by saying that although having a robot in the future could
be extremely useful, I personally see more disadvantages than advantages. I am
happy with my life at the moment even if I have to do my own ironing and
cooking!
According to the speaker:
What jobs might
robots be able to do in the future?
Que en algún futuro podrían asumir el
control de las algunas actividades humanas.
What are the
advantages of having a robot?
En este caso unas ventajas es que podrían
realizar la mayoría de las labores domesticas, reducir el trabajo físico de los
humanos como por ejemplo construir casas, así como utilizar su tecnología para
tratar a pacientes.
What are the main
disadvantages?
Podrían ser muy
costosos, y solos las grandes elites usarían su servicio, tal vez distorsionaría su uso para intereses
personales que pudieran ocasionar daño.
What
concerns the speaker?
En este caso
seria que comiencen a funcionar incorrectamente y puedan destruir cosas.
How does the
speaker conclude?
Los Robots son
importantes en el futuro, sin embargo observa más desventajas y que esta cómodo
con la vida que lleva sin este tipo de tecnología.
2. Coat of Arms of
The Coat of Arms was introduced by King Richard I of
According
to one tradition, following the Norman Conquest an extra leopard was added to
two existing Norman leopards to represent the combined Anglo-Norman realm.
According to another tradition the two leopards were combined with the single lion
of
Other
heraldic authorities have claimed that at an early stage in the development of
heraldry the number of Norman leopards was not fixed and that it is simply a matter
of design as to why
1.
The coat of arms of
- the king.
- the queen.
- the president.
2. The three leopards represent the combined Anglo-Norman realm.
- True.
- False.
- We don't know.
3.
- True.
- False.
- We don't know.
4. Some people think that the number of leopards is simply a matter of
design.
- True.
- False.
- We don't know.
5. The coat of arms was created in the 1190s.
- True.
- False.
- We don't know.
3. House
of Commons
In many
bicameral parliaments of a Westminster System, the House of Commons has
historically been the name of the elected lower house. The Commons generally
holds much more power than the upper house (the senate or House of Lords). The
leader of the majority party in the House of Commons usually becomes the Prime
Minister.
Historically,
"the commons" were an estate in a traditional pre-Enlightenment
European government which typically divided the governance of an area between
"estates" of society. Other estates included the clergy, nobles,
merchants and knights. The word "commons" has at times been confused
with the word "commoner", but they are very different in this
context. The House of Commons was created to serve as the political outlet for
this "commons" class, while the elite estates were represented in the
House of Lords. The House of Commons was thus elected by the people while
members of the upper house were appointed on the basis of various forms of
elite "merit", such as wealth, family, or prestige.
States
with a House of Commons base their democratic systems upon this original
British house of parliament (it is thus occasionally called "the mother of
parliaments"). Many such places were part of the British Empire, and are
now part of the
Most
Westminster-system nations which originally used the term "House of
Commons" have changed the name of their lower house to "the House of
Representatives." There are only two existing Houses of Commons. These are
the: British House of Commons (at the
The House
of Commons was also the lower house of the Parliament of Ireland, before its
abolition under the 1801 Act of Union, and the short-lived Parliament of
Southern Ireland in 1920, which was subsequently superseded by the Dáil of the
Questions
Now,
answer the questions about the text.
1. The Parliament is divided
into two houses.
- True.
- False.
- We don't know.
2. The leader of the majority
party in the House of Commons is the Prime Minister.
- True.
- False.
- We don't know.
3. The members of the House
of Commons are elected by the people.
- True.
- False.
- We don't know.
4. The British House of
Parliament is called "the mother of parliaments".
- True.
- False.
- We don't know.
5. All countries belonging to
the
- True.
- False.
- We don't know.
6. The Canadian House of
Commons was abolished in 1801.
- True.
- False.
We don't know.